Thursday, March 10, 2016

BB&T Center

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The Ottawa Senators travel to BB&T Center to play the Florida Panthers on Thursday, March 10, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Senators at +145 and the Panthers at -175. The over/under has been set at 5.

Ottawa comes into this matchup having played 68 games. They have an overall record of 31-29-8 and on the road they have a record of 14-17-3. Currently they are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 196 goals and given up 212 goals for a point differential of -16. The Senators have 8 overtime losses including 6 of them in a shootout. In the past 10 games they have an overall record of 5-3-2. For the season they have an ATS record of 29-37 and an over/under record of 34-33-1. Florida shows up with a record of 36-21-9 including 20-9-5 at home this season. They are 3rd in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 181 goals and surrendered 161 for a goal differential of +20. The Panthers have 9 losses in OT and 3 of them occurred in a shootout. They have a record of 4-3-3 in their last 10 contests. Their record against the spread is 35-30 while their over/under record sits at 24-29-13.

Erik Karlsson has accumulated 68 total points this season for the Senators. He has 11 goals this season with 210 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 5%. He has a total of 57 assists on the season and averages 29 minutes played per game. Bobby Ryan has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 14% by scoring 22 goals on 159 shots. He has 28 assists giving him a total of 50 points on the season. Craig Anderson has 27 wins and 20 losses this season in net for the Senators. He has had 1,677 shots against him and has given up 140 goals. He has made 1,537 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

Jaromir Jagr has accumulated 49 total points this season for the Panthers. He has 21 goals this season with 113 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 19%. He has a total of 28 assists on the season and averages 17 minutes played per game. Jussi Jokinen has averaged 18 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 12 goals on 126 shots. He has 35 assists giving him a total of 47 points on the season. Roberto Luongo has 27 wins and 16 losses this season in net for the Panthers. He has had 1,470 shots against him and has given up 114 goals. He has made 1,356 saves for a save percentage of 92%.

The Senators have 70 total points this season. They have scored 190 goals while giving up 206 goals. They have had 207 power play opportunities and have scored 36 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Senators have allowed 213 power play opportunities and given up 55 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 74%. They average 28 shots per game and as a team are shooting 9.83% for the season to this point. They allow 33 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Panthers have a total of 81 points on the season. They have 38 power play goals on 229 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 220 power play opportunities and have given up 41 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Senators have a total of 175 goals scored while they've given up 158 goals to this point. They average 28 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 9.38%. As a team they give up 30 shots per game and have a save percentage of 92%.

Ottawa has a Corsi percentage of 47.5% as they've attempted 3,701 shots on net at full strength while they've given up 4,088 shots on net in the same situations. Their Fenwick percentage is at 46.7% as they have 2,714 attempts while they've given up 3,097 shots on the defensive end. The Senators start possessions in the offensive zone 50.7% of the time while their defensive zone percentage is at 49.3% for the season. They have 2,120 face off wins compared to 2,057 losses, meaning their faceoff win percentage is 50.8%. On defense Ottawa has 1,899 hits and they've blocked 991 shots from the opposition.

Florida has attempted 3,261 shots at full strength and they've given up 3,429 attempts, meaning their Corsi percentage is at 48.7% for the season. In terms of Fenwick percentage, they currently are at 49% as they have 2,560 shots while they've given up 2,668 attempts on defense. The Panthers have an offensive zone percentage of 48.7% and their defensive zone percentage is 51.3% so far this season. They have a faceoff win percentage of 49.6% as they've compiled 2,016 face off wins this season and they have suffered 2,047 face off losses. On defense Florida has blocked 761 shot attempts and they have 1,608 hits as a unit.

Ottawa Senators Betting Trends

The Ottawa Senators are 29-37 straight up

The Ottawa Senators are 34-33-1 against the over/under

Florida Panthers Betting Trends

The Florida Panthers are 35-30 straight up

The Florida Panthers are 24-29-13 against the over/under

Ottawa Senators Injuries

10/28/15 D Mikael Wikstrand Suspension out indefinitely
10/16/15 LW Clarke MacArthur Concussion out indefinitely
10/08/15 D Chris Phillips Back out for season
03/08/16 GO Craig Anderson Knee "?" Thursday vs Florida
03/04/16 D Mark Borowiecki Knee out for season
02/29/16 C Kyle Turris Ankle out indefinitely

Florida Panthers Injuries

03/07/16 C Derek MacKenzie Concussion "?" Thursday vs Ottawa
02/06/16 D Willie Mitchell Concussion out indefinitely
01/04/16 C David Bolland Ankle out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Florida

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